Hydatids is a horrible disease, with terrible effects on animals and people. So to achieve freedom from it is significant. We're one of the few countries in the world to achieve this success.

Hydatids is a serious and potentially fatal disease caused by a type of tapeworm. The tapeworm eggs cause watery cysts to form in vital organs, and can cause death from organ failure or ...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Uterine Hydatids — Cases ...

Some 300 faecal samples were tested from farms across the north of the state, and around 40 of those proved positive to hydatids. Dr Jenkins says the tapeworm appears to be affecting more dairy ...

Hydatids is caused by a tapeworm which lives in the gut of dogs. Its life-cycle also involves an intermediate host, which in this country is mainly sheep or sometimes cattle.

Tracking parasites with satellites Date: February 15, 2015 Source: Australian National University Summary: Scientists are teaming up to use satellite data to target deadly parasites to help ...

Scientists are teaming up to use satellite data to target deadly parasites to help predict patterns of parasitic diseases such as malaria, worms and hydatids. Project leader Professor Archie ...

Scientists are teaming up to use satellite data to target deadly parasites to help predict patterns of parasitic diseases such as malaria, worms and hydatids. Project leader Professor Archie ...

The team is also seeking support to scale up to larger countries, as well as developing spatial predictions for other diseases, such as worms and hydatids for China, the Philippines and other ...